Even 3 years ago, many people and countries saw the KAAN project as overly ambitious and pessimistic
But today prospective partners like Pakistan is taking note of Turkiye’s capability to stick to its aggressive timeline to get the 5th gen Fighter operational.
-- Ukraine has also expressed the desire to purchase KAAN
-- Azerbaijan joined the KAAN project in 2023
-- According to TAI , Egypt and Maleysia also prospective customers
-- Saudi Arabia , Qatar and The UAE also can purchase KAAN in future
KAAN is not only a defense industry milestone but also a geopolitically critical key
The world will not have many options regarding the 5th-gen Fighter Jet
USA will never sell F-35 to any muslim Country
only FC-31 . KAAN and SU-57
KAAN will be the only tactical military aviation element in high quality NATO standards
.....KAAN will be full of indigenous and will be free from USA ITAR regulations .....
Now only Engine and Ejection Seat from abroad
--TAI develops ejection seat instead of British Martin-Baker
--TR-MOTOR develops turbofan Engine instead of American GE
Turkish Componies will equip the KAAN with state of the art Systems
-- KAAN has stealth design , advanced magnetic coating , RAM panel layer and internal weapon bay for low RCS
-- HMDS (Helmet Display System) with AI-enhanced battlefield awareness
-- Excellent EW capabilities with ASELSAN FEWS -- Fighter Electronic Warfare Suite
-- Artificial Intelligence Co-pilot
-- Pilot Health Tracking
If the Pilot faints, KAAN will automatically return to the base from which took off
-- TAI will develop the ejection seat
-- Canopy from VOLO
-- Landing gear from TAAC
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1-- KAAN has high-capacity networking,
AI, data fusion
It uses artificial intelligence, autonomy, sensors and data fusion.
Communication uses human-machine interface technologies for this purpose
with AI-enhanced battlefield awareness ( 360° situational awareness with 4 AESA radars - sensor fusion with EOTS , IRST )
high-capacity networking , AI, data fusion ... its belong to 6th gen
Aselsan develops BURFIS AESA Radar ( 2.000+ GaN T/R modules ) to compare with APG-77v1 AESA Radar ( 1,956 T/R GaAS modules )
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Aselsan KARAT IRST
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Aselsan TOYGUN EOTS
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Aselsan YILDIRIM-300 DIRCM directed-energy weapon as a laser CIWS
DIRCM capability is belong to 6th gen
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KAAN use the 5th generation main management Computers and real-time operating system with integrated modular architecture developed by TÜBİTAK BİLGEM
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2-- Cockpit
Multifunctional Integrated Modular Display
AMLCD widescreen
It is an intelligent multifunctional unit with touch feature, where the pilot can watch sensor videos, see digital maps and tactical symbologies, and manage the system.
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3-- Aselsan TULGAR Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS)
-- Visor Projected, See-Through Color Display
-- Integrated Digital Night Vision Projected on Visor
-- Hybrid (Inertial & Optical) Head Tracking
-- Targeting where the pilot is looking
-- Multicolored interface. ( first in the world )
A similar helmet technology is also used by F-35 Pilots
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4-- Precise and accurate weapon firing from internal weapon bays at high/supersonic speed
Turkish Fighter provides air dominance through:
- Increased air to air engagement ranges with Novel Weapons
- Precise and accurate weapon firing from internal weapon bays at high/supersonic speed
- Augmented lethality with support of Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks
25 km BOZDOGAN WVR air to air missile
100+ km GOKDOGAN BVR air to air missile
200 km GOKHAN ramjet powered long range air to air missile
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5-- Even KAAN with full data-to-decision (D2D) capability for multi-layered distributed team of diverse manned aircraft working in concert with unmanned types ( KAAN , ANKA-3, KIZILELMA )
full data-to-decision (D2D) capability is belong to 6th gen
6-- TR-MOTOR and TEI develops 35.000 lbf turbofan Engine with the latest technologies
They says about 2028-2030
Turkish turbofan Engine technology is not on paper
Turkish turbofan Engine technology on the way through TF-10.000 project
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